Baker, Bill, W1BKR - President Emeritus, WNET-TV (Thirteen),
New York PBS flagship station.
Barton, Loy - Developed class B plate modulation, primary method of modulating
tube transmitters for decades.
Bauer, Frank, KA3HDO - NASA Chief Engineer for Exploration Systems; International
Chairman, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), 1996-2009; AMSAT VP Human
Spaceflight, 1991-2009.
Bridges, William, W6FA - Laser pioneer; developed first "noble gas"
lasers (argon, krypton, xenon) and the dominant modulation system for feeding data into fiber-optic
cables.
Fernandez Martin, Fernando, EA8AK - Member of the European Parliament, representing
Spain; former President of the Government of the Canary Islands, former President of URE (Spanish
IARU organization).
Floyd, George, WA4DGA (SK) - Author of "Scratchi" column in CQ over
four decades. An engineer and executive at General Electric, he also wrote the "Lighthouse
Larry" column in GE employee newsletters.
Haseltine, Eric, AB3DI - Former Associate Director of National Intelligence for
Science and Technology; former Director of Research, National Security Agency; former Executive
Vice President of Research and Development, Walt Disney Companies.
Hollingsworth, Riley, K4ZDH - Former Special Counsel for Amateur Radio, Federal
Communications Commission. "Cleaned up" the ham bands after 15 years of neglect by the
FCC.
Kilby, Jack - Inventor of the integrated circuit, which revolutionized electronics,
including amateur radio equipment.
Krischke, Alois, DJ0TR/OE8AK - Prolific
German author of antenna books. Rothammels Antennenbuch, a
1000-page reference showing virtually every amateur radio antenna ever
designed, is in its 12th edition.
Maxwell, Walt, W2DU - Antenna designer (specializing in spacecraft communications)
and author.
Miller, Lt. Gen. Thomas, K4IC (SK) - Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation, USMC
(1975-79) - in charge of all Marine Corps aviation; "father" of short-takeoff &
vertical landing (STOVL) aviation in the USMC. Quietly watched out for amateur radio interests
on Capitol Hill.
Morgan, Wilse, WX7P- Conducted first amateur radio license exam session under
the Volunteer Examiner program in 1984; helped get VE program approved; also designed innovative
antennas.
Parise, Ron, WA4SIR (SK) - Astronaut and active ham in space. First ham to operate
packet radio from space and pioneered "telebridge" concept for making more frequent
school-shuttle contacts possible. Also helped develop Radio JOVE, educational program for monitoring
natural radio signals from Jupiter.
Whitehead, Clay, W6WW (SK) - First Director of the White House Office of Telecommunications
Policy in the 1970s; reshaped America's television landscape by bringing competition to the domestic
satellite market and making it feasible for cable companies to distribute their own programming
via satellite.
The CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame honor those amateurs who not only excel in personal performance
in these major areas of amateur radio but who also "give back" to the hobby in outstanding
ways.
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Ganz besonders habe ich mich über folgenden Glückwunsch von OE3BMA gefreut:
"Wir erlauben uns, ergänzend bzw. berichtigend hinzuzufügen:
Alois Krischke wurde 1936 in Klagenfurt/Kärnten/Österreich geboren und ist österreichischer
Staatsbürger. 1956 erhielt er das Call OE8AK, das er bis dato innehat. Seit 1968 lebt er
in DL - im gleichen Jahr erwarb er das Call DJ0TR - seither war er als Diplomingenieur bei Rohde
& Schwarz bis zu seinem Ruhestand tätig. Kurioserweise - oder sollte man eher sagen "bezeichnenderweise"
- wurde er mit seinem deutschen Rufzeichen als Deutscher in der Hall of Fame aufgenommen. Immerhin
befindet er sich dort in prominenter Gesellschaft: Als bisher einzigem Deutschen wurde dem legendären
Felix, DL1CU 2006 posthum - damals war er schon 8 Jahre tot - diese Ehre zuteil. OEs sucht man
dort vergebens.
"Wenigstens habe ich diese Ehrung noch zu Lebzeiten bekommen und nicht, wie viele, erst
"posthum". meint Alois und fügt hinzu: "Durch die vielen Glückwunsch-Antworten
komme ich bei der laufenden Antennenbuchbearbeitung für die 13. Auflage seit Tagen kaum mehr
voran."
Gemeint ist natürlich das berühmte Antennenbuch "Rothammel". Mögest Du
noch lange so aktiv bleiben - ad multos annos - wünscht Dein alter Freund aus jungen Amateurfunktagen
mit herzlichster Gratulation, 55 und 73 Fred, OE3BMA (ex OE6KS, OE1MB, OE6MB. OE1BMA)"
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